this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at seven. new rules for care home visits in england. two people as well as babies and young children will be allowed indoor visits from 12th april. a woman who died after being attacked by two dogs who got into her garden through a hole in the fence has been named as lucille downer, a great—grandmother from the west midlands. thousands of people are in central london protesting against the government's police, crime, sentencing and courts bill. france has just entered its third national lockdown. non—essential shops and schools across the country are now shut after a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases. calls for peace tonight, after a night of riots in south belfast.

15 police officers were injured and eight people were arrested. a polish catholic church in south london accuses the police of brutally exceeding their powers by breaking up a good friday service. the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers will be transported through cairo shortly. crowds are expected to line the streets to witness the historic procession. people who live in care homes in england will be allowed to have a second regular visitor indoors from 12th april in a further relaxation of coronavirus restrictions.

babies and young children won't be counted in the limit, meaning some people will be allowed to see small groups of loved ones for the first time in months. daniela relph reports. kept apart from the people he loves, the family that offer him security and reassurance. the family that offer him alan smith's move to a care home in west sussex changed everything for him at the age of 91. but the updated guidance means his daughter and his sun can means his daughter and his son can now see him in person as well as some newer members of the family. you don't even have to do anything, it's just being together and just talking about old stuff, old times, is really important for him, and it makes him more of a whole person. he really had become a shell, where he's not had all this contact. i'm really optimistic that he will actually get to meet his new great—granddaughter and be laughing and joking with us all again. hello, mum, how are you? the anguish of care home

residence began to ease last month with the gradual lifting of restrictions. now, more family members will be reunited with residents allowed a second regular indoor visitor from the 12th of april. and children under the age of two will not be included in visitor numbers. visiting is one of the things that makes life worth living if you live in a care home, it's so important, both for the resident in the care home but also for their family members and loved ones who want to visit them. we know that in care homes we've got some grandparents or great—grandparents who haven't had a chance to see new arrivals to their family during the pandemic, and this will be the chance for that to happen. the government says the changes can go ahead because of a drop in community infection rates as well as the extensive vaccine roll—out. in line with existing rules, visitors must provide a negative test result and wear ppe. the enforced family separations have been agonising for so many.

for care homes, it remains a delicate balance between protecting residents and opening up to family visits. the government's full guidance will be published next week. daniela relph, bbc news. the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers are being taken in an historic procession through the streets of cairo later through the streets of cairo. they are being transferred to a new museum in the south of the city. this is being quoted as a source of pride for every egyptian. the event has been called the "pharaohs' golden parade" of 18 kings and four queens

being transported in gold coffins, in chronological order of their reigns. 18 of their markings, four of them are queen's. they were found in the ruins of thebes, and that is king rameses ii. bit of a quote for you, from the president of egypt, with all pride and appreciation, i look forward to receiving the kings and queens of egypt after their trip from the egyptian museum to the national

museum. that was part of a facebook statement. so, the president receiving the mummies himself once they arrive. quite a majestic scene, and new evidence, they say, of the greatness of this nation, seen as something rather important and significant, particularly in attracting tourism, which is a key part of egypt's economy, back, and reviving that sector as a whole. so many stories, of course, surrounding the mummies. also hoping that egyptians themselves will learn more about the history of their country. the latest government figures show there were 3,423 new coronavirus

infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period in the uk, the lowest number since the middle of september, which means on average 3,987 new cases were reported per day in the last week. there are 3,536 patients in hospital with covid—19. ten deaths were reported in the latest 24—hour period, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week, 36 deaths were announced every day, taking the total number to 126,826. on vaccinations, just over 107,000 people have had theirfirstjab in the latest 24—hour period, bringing the total to just over 31.4 million people. and 5.2 million people

have now had two doses. west midlands police have named the elderly woman who died yesterday after being attacked by two dogs who'd entered her garden as lucille downer. she was 85. a man has been arrrested and released on bail in connection with the incident. anisa kadri reports. a mother, grandmother and great—grandmother — lucille downer�*s family paid tribute to her following the dog attack in which she died. police say two dogs from a neighbouring property managed to get into an 85—year—old's garden in rowley regis. neighbours raised the alarm but she was found with multiple injuries. 0ur officers have attended, at which point the dogs had returned through a hole in the fence to the adjacent property and then, unfortunately, despite the best efforts of medical professionals and ourselves, that lady died at the scene. a man in his 40s has been arrested

and bailed for further enquiries. police described the dogs as large, and said they were tranquilised and seized so tests could be carried out to establish their breed. lucille downer�*s family say that since arriving in the uk in her 20s from jamaica, rowley regis has always been her home, and that they'll miss her dearly. a post—mortem is being carried out to determine the cause of lucille's death. anisa kadri, bbc news. demonstrations have been held across england and wales against plans to increase police powers for regulating protests. these were the scenes in parliament square earlier this evening. thousands of people marched in opposition to the government's police, crime, sentencing and courts bill, legislation that would make it easier for police to intervene in a protest if it was deemed too disruptive.

the northern ireland secretary and first minister are among those who have appealed for calm after a night of violence in south belfast. petrol bombs, bricks and bottles were thrown at police, injuring 15 officers. eight people including boys aged 13 and 1a were arrested in the sandy row area of the city. the violence coincided with a loyalist protest last night. what i would ask, however, is that people of influence, people in local communities, would dissuade young people or anyone else intent on causing violence or intent on harming police officers. the reality is, ladies and gentlemen, those people in uniforms last night are human beings. they are people with loved ones, with families, they are people who have policed the covid crisis, they are people who turn up when women are being abused, when children are being abused and when people are being hit. these are notjust police officers — these are human beings who were hit last night

on the streets of belfast. clean—up work is under way after huge crowds gathered in cardiff bay on friday evening, despite coronavirus restrictions still being in place. cardiff council said a significant amount of rubbish had been left by large groups of people who they said were intent on breaking covid—19 restrictions. it follows similar scenes outside the senedd earlier in the week, when three police officers were injured. seven people in the uk have died with rare blood clots after receiving the 0xford—astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine. the medicines regulator, the mhra, is reviewing 30 cases of clots out of more than 18 million vaccinations but insists the jab is safe. rebecca morelle has more. the astrazeneca jab has been rolled out across the uk, providing vital protection against covid—19. no link between rare blood clots and the jab has been

proven, but the uk medical regulator is investigating. the clots are unusual. they're accompanied by low levels of platelets, which are a type of blood cell. 30 cases have been reported and seven deaths. this is out of 18 million doses, so the incidence is extremely low. now scientists are trying to establish whether the clots have occurred naturally or are very rare reactions to the astrazeneca jab. because something has been reported, does that mean that it's a side effect? well, if we look at all the side—effects that have been reported, or possible side effects that have been reported, they include excess wind, alcohol poisoning, getting pregnant. there are so many things people report because they happen shortly after people have the vaccine — within a few weeks of them having the vaccine. that does not mean that they wouldn't have happened anyway. the medical regulator also reported brain blood clots in two people who'd had the pfizerjab, although without the unusual low platelet levels.

some countries are restricting who they're giving the astrazeneca jab to. the netherlands has announced it's not recommending it for people under 60. but the uk vaccine roll—out is continuing. the british medical regulator, along with the european medicines agency and the world health organization, say the benefits from vaccination far outweigh any potential risks. rebecca morelle, bbc news. a polish catholic church in south london has accused the police of brutally exceeding their powers by breaking up a good friday service. scotland yard says its officers told the congregation to leave christ the king in balham because they were in breach of covid regulations. some people, the force said, weren't wearing masks and there was no social distancing. let's take a look at what happened.

ladies and gentlemen, this gathering is unfortunately unlawful under the coronavirus regulations we have currently. you are not allowed to meet inside with this many people under law. at this moment in time, you need to go home. failure to comply with this direction to leave and go to your home address ultimately could lead you to be fined £200 or if you fail to give your details on being arrested. —— to you being arrested. it is good friday and i appreciate your right to worship, but this gathering is unlawful, so please may you leave the building now, thank you. 0ur religious affairs correspondent harry farley explained a little earlier what happened — and how the church responded. police say they were called to reports — police say they were called to reports of a large crowd queueing outside _ reports of a large crowd queueing outside this church in south london yesterday— outside this church in south london yesterday afternoon, good friday in the christian calendar. they say that they — the christian calendar. they say that they found a large number of

people _ that they found a large number of people inside and that there was present— people inside and that there was present in— people inside and that there was present in their words were clearly not socially distancing and some were _ not socially distancing and some were not— not socially distancing and some were not wearing masks. they ask people _ were not wearing masks. they ask people to — were not wearing masks. they ask people to leave and from the footage that we've _ people to leave and from the footage that we've seen online, the police made _ that we've seen online, the police made an— that we've seen online, the police made an announcement at the front of the church— made an announcement at the front of the church asking them to leave. they— the church asking them to leave. they say— the church asking them to leave. they say no _ the church asking them to leave. they say no fines were issued and the congregation complied. i think it is fair— the congregation complied. i think it is fair to — the congregation complied. i think it is fair to say that the church has hit — it is fair to say that the church has hit back quite strongly at what the police — has hit back quite strongly at what the police have said. they say that the police have said. they say that the police — the police have said. they say that the police brutally exceeded their powers. _ the police brutally exceeded their powers, and they had no good reason for interrupting their service, which — for interrupting their service, which is _ for interrupting their service, which is one of the most important days irr— which is one of the most important days in the — which is one of the most important days in the christian calendar. they insist— days in the christian calendar. they insist that — days in the christian calendar. they insist that all the government requirements were complied with and they have _ requirements were complied with and they have demanded an explanation from the _ they have demanded an explanation from the metropolitian police. the archbishop of southwark has paid a visit to— archbishop of southwark has paid a visit to the — archbishop of southwark has paid a visit to the parish to hear about what _ visit to the parish to hear about what happened. they don't criticise the police _ what happened. they don't criticise the police in their statement, they say that— the police in their statement, they say that the archbishop has visited the parish — say that the archbishop has visited the parish and that the easter celebrations will be going ahead,

the rest — celebrations will be going ahead, the rest of the easter celebrations, today— the rest of the easter celebrations, today being holy saturday, and tomorrow, easter sunday. they say that the _ tomorrow, easter sunday. they say that the services will go ahead. they— that the services will go ahead. they do— that the services will go ahead. they do make the point that communal services _ they do make the point that communal services are _ they do make the point that communal services are allowed, under the coronavirus regulations, and reiterate _ coronavirus regulations, and reiterate the fact that the church had made — reiterate the fact that the church had made a complaint to the police. the headlines on bbc news... new rules for care home visits in england. two people as well as babies and young children will be allowed indoor visits from 12th april. a woman who died after being attacked by two dogs who got into her garden through a hole in the fence named as lucille downer, a great—grandmother from the west midlands. thousands of people are in central london, protesting against the government's police, crime, sentencing and courts bill.

president biden has expressed his sorrow and the flag at the white house has been lowered to half—mast following the murder of a police officer in the second attack on the us capitol in three months. william evans was killed when a car crashed into a security barrier before the driver approached officers with a knife. police then shot and killed the suspect. authorities said the attack did not appear to be terrorism—related. in france, a third national lockdown has begun this evening, after the number of covid cases has risen dramatically over the past two months. non—essential shops will close and schools will be shut for three or four weeks over the easter break. and anyone travelling will need to justify a journey that takes them more than six miles from home. round three of the great national lockdown, and the same measures which have applied here in paris and other covid hotspots for the last two weeks will be

extended across the country. now, we're in paris, we're on the champs—elysees, and quite evidently, it's not lockdown as you might conventionally understand the term. we're not literally locked down in our homes. it's a much looser affair than the original lockdown a year ago. we can go out as long as we don't go further than ten kilometres away, we don't have to have a piece of paper to show the police anymore. nonetheless, non—essential shops are shut, schools are shut, that is a big change, and it is going to mean a lot of adjustment for families. and we can't travel our region. there is actually a window of opportunity of this weekend when you can go to your country house, if you have one, and a lot of people are going to be using that to get out of the city today and tomorrow. but for the next four weeks, if you get out of the city, wherever you are, you stay there, and that's the lockdown. it is a psychological pressure that people are feeling, the sense that a year on,

exactly a year on, we are just back to where we began before, and that is difficult, and people are feeling the stress. the difference now, of course, is that we're being reassured that help is coming, get through april, is what macron said, and then we will see the light at the end of the tunnel. the vaccination programme is advancing. people want to believe that, they really are trying very hard to believe that, and, well, let's all hope it comes true. infections are also on the rise in italy, where a three—day national lockdown has come into force. the whole of the country becomes a covid—19 red zone until 5th april. it means non—essential shops will be shut, restaurants and bars will not be able to serve customers and people have to stay at home except for work, health or other essential reasons. here's our rome correspondent mark lowen. well, when pope francis gave his urbi et 0rbi message on easter sunday to the city

and the world a year ago to a deserted, locked—down st peter's square, few would have imagined that 12 months on, here we would be again, but yes, indeed, we are. italy is in the grip of a third wave with about 20,000 coronavirus cases a day, and so the whole of italy is now in a red zone for this easter weekend. and of course, the vatican, too, is in lockdown. what does that mean? well, that restaurants are only offering a takeaway service across the whole of the country and that nonessential businesses right across italy have had to close. there are movement restrictions as well. all arrivals into italy from european union countries are subject to a five—day quarantine as well. but in one concession to italians, who will be sitting down for their easter lunch or dinner at home, they are allowed to invite up to two people from the same family to join them for this, which is an extremely important weekend and celebration for many italians. in terms of church services, well,

they are still going ahead for the easter mass, but the faithful are being encouraged to go to the church closest to their homes and, of course, to observe strict social distancing measures when they're inside. pope francis will be holding mass this weekend. he will deliver that urbi et 0rbi message on sunday morning, which he hopes will, i'm sure, provide some solace to many people around the world for whom this has been an incredibly difficult year, and hoping above hope that with the vaccine roll—out slowly ramping up, that this time next year will finally look very different. in germany, president frank—walter steinmeier has just given a televised address warning of a crisis of trust in politics linked to the pandemic. it was broadcast as people across are country were protesting against the government's handling of the crisis — we can get more on this from our correspondent damien mcguinness, who's in berlin.

great to have you with us, could you just explain the background to this, why exactly have they taken to the streets? , ~ why exactly have they taken to the streets? , ,, ., ., streets? yes, i think we have got two separate _ streets? yes, i think we have got two separate things _ streets? yes, i think we have got two separate things going - streets? yes, i think we have got two separate things going on, - streets? yes, i think we have got two separate things going on, on | streets? yes, i think we have got - two separate things going on, on the one hand, we have got the president giving this address, admitting that the state had made mistakes when it comes to the vaccine roll out and testing, and really tapping into the poor mood in the country. but really what he was talking about was what is happening in mainstream germany when it comes to dissatisfaction of not enough restrictions. because when you look at the polls, most people say the government has not acted quickly enough to lock and has not acted clearly enough. what we are seeing on the streets in stuttgart, where about 20,000 people have gathered today, it is almost a different phenomenon. here, we are talking about people who either don't believe in the vaccine, they are not protesting against the slow vaccine roll—out, some of them don't believe covid exists, some of them

are against the german government as are against the german government as a state per se, you can tell that by some of the flags, they want a different form of democracy, also you have got franklin frankly some perfectly ordinary voters who are just hacked off with the whole situation. it is a slightly different thing to what the president is talking about. so it is a very confused situation in germany right now, people protesting because they don't want any restrictions, but they are a tiny monarch narrative. you've got the poor mood in the country, which really is the majority of people, who don't agree with what the government is doing. —— tiny minority. but they want tougher restrictions because they are worried about rising infection rates, quite a complicated picture to explain and quite a nuanced situation, but either way it is not good for the government, because as the president said today, there is a loss of trust in parties, in the government, and we are seeing that in polling numbers and partly also as these protests show. and in polling numbers and partly also as these protests show.—

in polling numbers and partly also as these protests show. and how is that all affecting _ as these protests show. and how is that all affecting the _ as these protests show. and how is that all affecting the vaccination - that all affecting the vaccination programme? fist that all affecting the vaccination programme?— that all affecting the vaccination roaramme? �* ., , programme? at the moment, it is slowly moving _ programme? at the moment, it is slowly moving forward. _ programme? at the moment, it is slowly moving forward. so, - programme? at the moment, it is slowly moving forward. so, we - programme? at the moment, it is. slowly moving forward. so, we have had a few knock backs, as you know, we have talked about the bad headlines surrounding astrazeneca, last week, another blow to the astrazeneca roll—out, which is part of the campaign here in germany, whereby a certain number of people were found to have a very rare form of brain blood clot which some scientists here believe possibly is linked to the astrazeneca jab, and as a result, the rules have changed and now astrazeneca is only allowed for over—60s. so in a way, that has slowed things down. the good news, though, is that what we found over the past day or two since the rules have changed, there were worries that all of the talk about astrazeneca would have impacted trust in that particular vaccine, the opposite has happened. phone lines have been overwhelmed with people over 60 who are now told they can book an appointment to get a vaccine and it seems according to what we are now seeing with those

bookings, people are desperate to get the vaccine and many of them really want astrazeneca as well. so, we are not seeing any tipping over of these bad headlines into vaccine hesitancy at the moment, which is good news. the speech that the president gave, he tried to give a certain light at the end of the tunnel and said that in the next few weeks, in april, we are going to see a drastic increase in the number of doses coming to germany, that is something angela merkel has also been talking about. if that does happen, in a months' time, we could be looking at a very different mood in the country, because the vaccine roll—out should hopefully have increased and a lot more people will have been vaccinated. if that is the case, the situation will change drastically here. the problem is, if there is another hitch, that will impact the mood even more severely, because when you talk to people and when you look at the polling numbers, the mood is pretty poor right now, so that is all connected to the vaccine roll—out, it needs to speed up, if that happens, things

could change pretty quickly for the better. n , , , could change pretty quickly for the better. a , ,, ., ~ could change pretty quickly for the better. a , ,, ., ,, i. better. damien mcguinness, thank you ve much better. damien mcguinness, thank you very much for— better. damien mcguinness, thank you very much for that. _ the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers are being taken through the streets of cairo in an historic procession to be transferred to a new museum in the south of the city. crowds are witnessing the lavish pharaohs' golden parade of 18 kings and four queens being transported in gold coffins, amid great fanfare, in chronological order of their reigns. security will be tight, befitting their royal blood and status as national treasures. dr salima ikram, professor of egyptology at the american university in cairo, has been explaining why this is such an important moment. this has been broadcast nationally

so that egyptians can all be part of this great day. the mummies included king rameses ii. they are being transported to the new national museum of egyptian civilisation, hoping that it will be a better environment for them to be stored. just to let you know, there is of course a curse, egypt's mummies historically have been associated with superstition and foreboding, once they are uncovered or moved, and of course there have been a number of disasters, events that have been recorded in egypt, but at the moment, this is a grand

event for the entire country, hoping that the mummies will help to attract tourism back to the country, attract tourism back to the country, a major source of ink can for egypt. —— source of income. earlier on resort then being transported on these golden vehicles in the shape of boats. you can see a further parade taking place at the moment, they are actually arriving, i believe, and they are going to be met by the president of egypt, who is going to welcome them to their new home, and there he is. this is seen as a huge mark of respect because these are, of

course, pharaohs, and it is a huge amount of respect and pride for the country. security is incredibly tight. and there it is. so, a lot of the people that have been part of that parade have been dressed in costumes befitting of the pharaohs and the coins, and you can see them arriving at the museum. —— and the new museum is called the national museum of egyptian civilisation. so, 18 kings, four queen's, transported to their new restingplace. they were originally discovered in 1881, they have been moved several times, modern—day luxor in upper egypt is where they were originally discovered in the ruins of thebes.

like i said, a lot of movement through cairo before that. their terms have been moved from place to place. they were housed in the iconic egyptian museum. hugely visited by tourists from around the world for the past century, and there we have it. and the mummies of the pharaohs and the greens have arrived. let's catch up the greens have arrived. let's catch up with our weather. it has felt fairly warm and the places where we have had the best of the sunshine today. some eastern areas of england